Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Art History:
Image Resources
Digital Image Resources
American Periodicals Series Online (APS Online) [Rutgers Restricted]
American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900 (APS Online) provides the full text of articles, advertisements,
illustrations, editorial cartoons, obituaries, letters to the editor, etc., from more than 1,100 American magazines and
journals that began publication between 1741, when Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine first appeared, and 1900. Popular,
special interest and general magazines; literary and professional journals; children's and women's magazines; and many
other historically significant periodicals are included. Titles range from America's first scientific journal, Medical
Repository, to popular magazines like Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal. The articles are available as digitized images
and therefore preserve the original typography, graphics, and page layout.
Art Images for College Teaching (AICT)
Art Images for College Teaching (AICT) is a personal, non-profit project of its author, art historian and visual resources
curator Allan T. Kohl. AICT is intended primarily to disseminate images of art and architectural works in the public domain
on a free-access, free-use basis to all levels of the educational community, as well as to the public at large. The images
displayed on this site have been photographed on location by the author, who consents to their use in any application that
is both educational and non-commercial in nature. AICT includes, but is not limited to, many of the art historical
stylistic periods traditionally associated with Introduction to Art History courses.
AMICA [Rutgers Restricted]
Art Museum Images from Cartography Associates, or AMICA, includes high quality images and metadata of art objects from
AMICA partner institutions. AMICA provides a variety of search options, including Creator Name (artist), Title, and
Keywords.
Google Image Search
Google provides a gateway to millions of images on the web. At the Google search screen, click on "Images." At the Image
Search screen, enter your image-related search term.
Image Collections in Luna Insight
The non-restricted Rutgers Image collections are from the Art History Department and include images of New Brunswick
architecture, classical sculpture, and world architecture taken by former faculty members. They are available for viewing
without a password. Other image collections include a diverse range of images including Cornell's Political Americana
Collection, the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, gravestones from the American Antiquarian Society, an Indonesian art
collection, Catena historic gardens and landscapes from the Bard Graduate Center, as well as several worldwide historical
map collections. They are available for viewing without a password.
Library of Congress American Memory
American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and
moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American
history and creativity. To search American Memory, enter your search term in the box in the upper-right hand corner.
National Archives Archival Research Catalog
Use the Archival Research Catalog to search the holdings of the National Archives, including the Archives' many digital
holdings. Click on the ARC button to conduct a keyword or other search. To see results with digital image surrogates, on
the main search page, be sure to click on the box for "descriptions of archival materials linked to digital copies."
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 600,000 images digitized from
primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York
Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps,
vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed
ephemera, and more.
New York Public Library Mid Manhattan Library Picture Collection Online
The Picture Collection Online is an image resource site for those who seek knowledge and inspiration from visual materials.
It is a collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints
and postcards, mostly created before 1923.
Princeton University Libraries Digital Libraries Collection
An ongoing project at Princeton University Library to digitize the university's collections. Projects completed thus far
include block prints of the 1911 Chinese Revolution, works by English illustrator, James Gillray, an historic postcard
collection, and many others.
Web Gallery of Art
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic,
Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850).
Guide for Locating Printed Reproductions and Illustrations of Works of Art
Paintings
Havlice, Patricia.
World Painting Index.
Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1977. Supp. 1982.
ART REF ND45.H38
Monro, Isabel Stevenson, and Kate Monro.
Index to Reproductions of American Paintings.
New York: H.W. Wilson, 1948. Supp., 1964.
ART REF ND205.M57
Smith, Lyn Wall, and Nancy D. W. Moure.
Index to Reproductions of American Paintings Appearing in
More Than 400 Books Mostly Published Since 1960.
Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1977.
ART REF ND205.S575
Sculpture
Clapp, Jane.
Sculpture index.
Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1970.
ART REF NB36.C5
Prints
Parry, Pamela J., and Kathe Chipman.
Print Index: A Guide to Reproductions.
Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1983.
ART REF NE90.P17 1983
Architecture
Teague, Edward. World Architecture Index: A Guide to Illustrations.
New York: Greenwood, 1991.
ART REF NA202.T4 1991
Teague, Edward.
Index to Italian Architecture: A Guide to Key Monuments
and Reproduction Sources.
New York: Greenwood, 1992.
ART REF NA111.T4 1992
Illustrations in Popular Magazines
Appel, Marsha.
Illustration Index 1982-1986.
Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1988.
ART REF N7525.A66 1988
Earlier editions of this title are located in the Stacks.
Reproductions of Work in Various Media
Rochelle, Mercedes.
Historical Art Index, A.D. 400-1650.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1989.
ART REF N8210.R6 1989
Rochelle, Mercedes.
Mythological and Classical World Art Index.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991
ALEXANDER REF N7760.R63 1991
Rochelle, Mercedes.
Post-Biblical Saints Art Index.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994.
Alexander Library N8079.5.R63 1994
Other Useful Sources
Picture Researcher's Handbook.
comp. by Hilary and Mary Evans. 3rd ed. England: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1987.
ART REF N4000.E8 1986
Lists major collections of photographs and provides
addresses and phone numbers as well as other pertinent
information necessary to use these resources.
Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri.
Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in
North American Public Collections.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972.
ART REF ND611.F73
Wright, Christopher.
The World's Master Paintings: From the Early Renaissance to the Present Day.
London: Routledge, 1992.
ART REF ND40.W75 1992)
The last two sources are useful for identifying the recent
location for a work of art.
